developments coming out of israel and gaza. the israeli military says its troops are now in the heart of khan younis, which they call a hamas stronghold . it follows an intense overnight bombardment. it follows what they call the most intense day of fighting. the islamichhad organisation posted this video which it says it shows are fighting against israeli forces in the city. the un food programme says the resumption of fighting has intensified the hunger crisis intensified the hunger crisis in gaza and also along without more details emerging of the october seven attack. bbc has been hearing evidence that women in israel was sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated by hamas. israeli investigators that have gathered more than 1000 testimonies from witnesses and those are handled the bodies of the victims after the attack. lucy williamson has more from jerusalem and a warning, this report contains distressing details. out of the chaos and mass trauma of the hamas attacks, new
the bbc has not independently verified the latest claims by the idf. israel is now warning people living in northern gaza to move further south as it steps up what it says is the third phase of its ground operations against hamas. the un says nearly i.9m people have been forced from their homes since israel s retaliatory strikes began, after hamas attacks on october the seventh. this as testimony is coming to light about the horrors of the october 7th attacks nearly two months later. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated during hamas s attacks on southern israel. israeli investigators say they are trawling through 60,000 hours of footage, and have compiled more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. this report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, contains graphic details and testimony you may find very disturbing. out of the chaos and mass